Review of FabricMate Dye Markers Brush Tip Standard Barrel Set Standard

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Overall, I like how the pens worked. The colors are vibrant and actually plentiful for the size project I was working on. I would recommend these for detail work since the nibs on the finepoint hold up well. They are almost "brushlike" in style, a bit soft on the tip and not necessarily condusive to using the side of the nib for large area's. You may be better off using fabric paint and brush. It takes only 24 hours to set and while it is suggested to be heat set, it is not a requirement. My only disappointment was that these don't come in larger assortments. While I like the colors of one set, it didn't come with a black pen so I had to purchase another set to get my "liner" pen. This left me with two yellow's and two red's. Each set should come a black pen aside from the various colors.

Suggestion: When working with fabric markers try using low-tack contact paper on the backside of your work area. This keeps the shirt from shifting and the inks from leaking to the back of your project. I use the clothes dryer to heat set the color on my shirts High setting for about 10-15 minutes. If you decide to use an iron, make sure you have a buffer between shirt and iron.

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These markers allow for deep, vibrant color. They blend well, don't bleed through thick fabric, and only with extended use does the pen tip wear from its pinhead size (which makes it great for detail work). However, "extended use" for these pens is a relative term using them on 100% cotton knit, I only fully covered an area about 4"x4" before the ink started to fade to pastel, and I had to color twice as much to get color for about a square inch, until it ran out completely. I took the pen apart to see if it had really run out of ink that fast it had. I'm sure that 4"x4" estimate may vary depending on the opacity of the color you want, how hard you push down, etc., but I was unsatisfied. At $10 a box, you'd think these things would last longer. Perfect for small designs, bad for large ones.

As the box says, ironing is not necessary but recommended. I find that when ironed on, there is practically no way to get the ink offI have a t-shirt that I made with these in middle school, and it's lasted for almost ten years and hundreds of washes.

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(#1 REVIEWER)Fabricmate is good set of fabric markers. The pen's tip create brush-like effect, which nice and different from other fabric pens. I use them in my art quilts and they produce very good results. The edges of the color are not sharp, it is less obvious that a fabric marker was used to enhance the color. The colors are nice, they do not run, and have no unpleasant odor when they are being used as some other permanent pens.

I have gone through several sets of these pens, they last me about a year after which they dry out.